Singleton's seafood includes nut-sweet shrimp bursting with flavor, briny oysters sheathed in fragile crust, devil crab that is moist and seasoned with eye-opening panache. Every meal comes with a pair of hushpuppies clad in a red gold crust that surrounds insides that are as moist as cake. We also had a good bowl of Minorcan clam chowder with datil peppers that provide a nice buzz to soup that is loaded with flavorful clams.

66% Approval Rating (15 votes)

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"If ever the Encyclopedia of Roadfood gets written and it needs a perfect example of a Florida seafood shack, Singleton's would fill the bill. It is bigger than most – a sprawling dining room, deck, kitchen and museum annex – but its colorful shackitude is beyond ..."
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"For those who cannot decide, Singleton's menu offers a three-item combo for $19.95. This one is shrimp, oysters, and a deviled crab. Shrimp is the best of the three and judging by what everybody else was eating, the #1 dish at Singleton's. The Styrofoam platter also holds French fries, a pair of hushpuppies, collard greens (vegetable of the day), tartar sauce and cocktail sauce."
Michael Stern

"Excellent collard greens! Verdant, porky, profound. While good and spicy on their own, I couldn't help but avail myself of a few of the hot sauces supplied on the table to perk them up even further."
Michael Stern

"The one down note at Singleton's was banana cream pie. Although the waitress promised it would be refreshing, it was not. I found it pretty gummy, and the blobs of ersatz whippo on top didn't help."
Michael Stern

"Florida's east coast is serious shrimp country. When one of Singleton's pink crescents snaps between your teeth and spurts sweet juices, you understand the local passion."
Michael Stern

"Curated in a, shall we say, unfussy manner, Singleton's boat museum annex is filled with handsome wooden models as well as an assortment of chairs."
Michael Stern

"I love museums that directly reveal the passions of their curator. Mr. Singleton, a motorboat man, here assembled three outboard motors. Lacking a museum catalog, I have to assume that these represent steps in the progress of motorboating."
Michael Stern

"Just yards from the terminal of the St. Johns River Ferry, Singleton's is not for the fastidious epicure. But it is a destination for north coast devotees of sleeves-up seafood served in casual abundance."
Michael Stern

"Taken from Jaxport Ferry on the St. Johns River."
Eric Johnson

"Although meals are ultra-casual and relatively inexpensive (seafood-wise), Singleton's affords a million-dollar view. This picture was taken from the screened-in dining room that perches right over the water."
Michael Stern

"Just because the service is unsophisticated and the china made of Styrofoam doesn't mean the Minorcan clam chowder isn't elegant."
Michael Stern